Nature of man Quote by C.S. Lewis

“He mad no moral judgements. He accepted mankind as he found it, and looked for the profit to be made from its strengths or…

— Wilbur A. Smith

“In his opinion, humans were best when miserable, and so he had worked at being miserable his whole life, and in his generous way…

— Rodman Philbrick

“You know that no one ever escaped the effect of his own good or evil deeds. For each of our actions is like a…

— Lakshmi Holmstrom

“Nevertheless, let no one boast. Just as every man, though he be the greatest genius, has very definite limitations in some one sphere of…

— Arthur Schopenhauer

“He was not so lucky. He hadn't yet had enough experience with humans to know that the thing the hold dearest to their hearts,…

— Gregory Maguire

“And if he were really to do good he would have needed in addition to his principles, a heart capable of violating them -…

— Boris Pasternak

“Events in his own past he never thought of as evil but rather as mistaken, immensely regrettable, brought about by fear and greed.”

— Barbara Vine

“He has written about equality, the perfectibility of human nature, and the essential goodness of mankind for many years -- he judges others by…

— Patrick O'Brian

“Man, who is the only creature on earth which God willed for itself, can fully find himself only through a sincere gift of himself.”

— John Paul II

“Being a human is a great power. One can obtain everything. However, it is the greed that harasses him.”

— Dada Bhagwan

“He hadn't yet had enough experience with humans to know that the thing they hold dearest to their hearts, the last thing they relinquish…

— Gregory Maguire

“In a way he was lucky. He was a member of a generation that thought it was a good, even joyous, political idea to…

— Grace Paley